FYI
Next release of capture will be on 1.0.6....you shoudl be able to upgrade
and recompile the server. If someone goes down this route, please share with
the group on whether this went smoothly....
d. VMware VIX Application Programming Interface (API) Memory Overflow
Vulnerabilities
The VIX API (also known as "Vix") is an API that lets users write
scripts
and programs to manipulate virtual machines.
Multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities are present in the VIX API.
Exploitation of these vulnerabilities might result in code execution on
the host system or on the service console in ESX Server from the guest
operating system.
The VIX API can be enabled and disabled using the "vix.inGuest.enable"
setting in the VMware configuration file. This default value for this
setting is "disabled". This configuration setting is present in the
following products:
VMware Workstation 6.0.2 and higher
VMware ACE 6.0.2 and higher
VMware Server 1.06 and higher
VMware Fusion 1.1.2 and higher
ESX Server 3.0 and higher
ESX Server 3.5 and higher
In previous versions of VMware products where the VIX API was
introduced,
the VIX API couldn't be disabled.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)
has assigned the name CVE-2008-2100 to this issue.
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